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Author Jackendoff, Ray, 1945-

Title Language, consciousness, culture : essays on mental structure / Ray Jackendoff
Published Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, ©2007
©2007

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Description 1 online resource (xxiv, 403 pages) : illustrations
Series The Jean Nicod lectures ; 2007
Jean Nicod lectures ; 2007.
Contents I. The Nicod lectures. 1. Mental structure -- 2. Reintegrating generative grammar -- 3. Conscious and unconscious aspects of language structure -- 4. Shaking hands and making coffee : the structure of complex actions -- 5. Cognition of society and culture -- II. The structure of social cognition and theory of mind. 6. Perception verbs and theory of mind -- 7. Objective and subjective psychological and evaluative predicates -- 8. Intending and volitional action -- 9. The logic of value -- 10. Fairness, reciprocity, and exchange -- 11. Rights and obligations -- 12. Trumpets and drums
Summary An integrative approach to human cognition that encompasses the domains of language, consciousness, action, social cognition, and theory of mind that will foster cross-disciplinary conversation among linguists, philosophers, psycholinguists, neuroscientists, cognitive anthropologists, and evolutionary psychologists. Ray Jackendoff's Language, Consciousness, Culture represents a breakthrough in developing an integrated theory of human cognition. It will be of interest to a broad spectrum of cognitive scientists, including linguists, philosophers, psycholinguists, neuroscientists, cognitive anthropologists, and evolutionary psychologists. Jackendoff argues that linguistics has become isolated from the other cognitive sciences at least partly because of the syntax-based architecture assumed by mainstream generative grammar. He proposes an alternative parallel architecture for the language faculty that permits a greater internal integration of the components of language and connects far more naturally to such larger issues in cognitive neuroscience as language processing, the connection of language to vision, and the evolution of language. Extending this approach beyond the language capacity, Jackendoff proposes sharper criteria for a satisfactory theory of consciousness, examines the structure of complex everyday actions, and investigates the concepts involved in an individual's grasp of society and culture. Each of these domains is used to reflect back on the question of what is unique about human language and what follows from more general properties of the mind. Language, Consciousness, Culture extends Jackendoff's pioneering theory of conceptual semantics to two of the most important domains of human thought: social cognition and theory of mind. Jackendoff's formal framework allows him to draw new connections among a large variety of literatures and to uncover new distinctions and generalizations not previously recognized. The breadth of the approach will foster cross-disciplinary conversation; the vision is to develop a richer understanding of human nature
Analysis COGNITIVE SCIENCES/General
LINGUISTICS & LANGUAGE/General
Notes "A Bradford Book."
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 369-391) and index
Notes English
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SUBJECT Bewusstsein Zusammenstellung gnd
Subject Psycholinguistics.
Consciousness.
Mind and body.
Language and culture.
Cognition.
Language and languages.
Psycholinguistics
Cognition
Consciousness
Language
psycholinguistics.
cognition.
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES -- Linguistics -- Psycholinguistics.
Consciousness
Language and culture
Mind and body
Psycholinguistics
Gesellschaft
Kognitive Linguistik
Kognitiver Prozess
Kultur
Sprache
Psycholinguistik
Kognitive Sprachwissenschaft
Sprache -- Denken
Sprache -- Kultur
Denken -- Sprache
Kultur -- Sprache
Psycholinguistik
Kognitive Linguistik
Psycholinguistics.
Consciousness.
Mind and body.
Language and culture.
Conscience
Langage
Linguistique cognitive
Psycholinguistique
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9780262276108
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9781429480307
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9781282098893
9786612098895
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